Boone Electric Cooperative

The February Rural Missouri is here! Check out your co-op updates and our youth scholarship programs available for seniors, juniors and sophomores. Read about a woodcarver in Humansville, sweet treats in St. Charles, singing nuns in Gower, Holden’s WWI hero and more! https://bit.ly/2LRtfXF

HS SENIORS Apply for the Boone Electric Community Trust Scholarship! The Trust awards 13 - $2,000 scholarships for area graduating students and four at-large scholarships to students from private schools, home schools or nontraditional backgrounds. To learn more, visit www.BooneElectricCommunityTrust.org.

Boone Electric’s headquarters building stood in as a training center for the Columbia, MO Fire Department, the @columbiapdsc and the Boone County Sheriff’s Departments this week. Expect to see fire crews through Sunday. It has been an honor to let you destroy our building before we demolish it.

More training today at Boone Electric Cooperative with Coil Construction. Some of the drills involved advancing charged, large diameter hose. This is heavy hose and hard work but necessary to get a lot of water on larger fires. #ALWAYSReady

Members who had service with BEC in 2019 will have something extra going into their stockings this Christmas. Boone Electric’s board of directors approved a capital credit retirement of $2.1 million from BEC’s 2019 margins which will be distributed to members this month. Checks will begin mailing Dec. 18. https://booneelectric.coop/refund-capital-credits #IPowerBEC

Today, we said goodbye to our name letters on our old building as construction continues. They served us well. https://booneelectric.coop/future-building

Update: we are changing out the pole. This will likely take an hour(ish). When the crews move the lines to the new pole, they may have to shut off power. This will be a short outage. We have an outage in South Columbia near Rt. K and High Point Ln. A vehicle possibly hit a utility pole. We need to get the pole freed before we can restore power. It shouldn’t be too long. Sit tight.

Learn how to stay safe if your vehicle crashes into a utility pole when you're driving in a not so wonderful winter wonderland. #safety #winterdriving

Updating the insulation in your attic will keep hot air in your home and cool air out. You can add more insulation on top of existing insulation in your attic as well! https://www.Energy.gov/energysaver/weatherize/insulation via U.S. Department of Energy

We had a large outage south of Columbia due to a vehicle hitting a power pole. All power should be restored now. We will be changing the pole later today.

Ahead of the November 3rd election, know where your current polling place is located! Find out here https://VoterOutreach.sos.mo.gov//VoterOutre/VOSearch.aspx. America's 900+ electric cooperatives encourage all of our 42 million members to vote in every local, state, and national election! ... #CoopsVote #Election20

Kiosk is open at 1905 W. Ash St. Drive-thru closes at Rangeline on Dec. 31. Lobby at 1905 W. Ash St. opens, by appointment only, on January 4.

Here’s a tip to help you ensure a safe and bright holiday season: Remember to keep your tree healthy and watered regularly. #safetyfirst

Starting on Monday, December 14, Boone Electric crews will be in the E. Small Lane & Hwy VV area replacing aging pole and wires that service the area. Affected members may experience small blinks or moderate outages during this necessary equipment change. This project may last up to 3 weeks. Please note that our operators and equipment will be accessing work sites from the roadway, so please slow down and obey all traffic control measures. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause as we continue to ensure our members receive safe and reliable electricity. Predicted inclement weather may delay or postpone this work. If you have any questions please contact Anthony Atkins at 573- 441-7262.

Wishing you a safe and spooktacular Halloween! Don't forget to fall back an hour on your clocks before bed tonight, too! Daylight Saving Time ends at 2:00 AM, November 1st.

Six lineworkers from Boone Electric are heading to Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corporation in Jackson, Alabama. Hurricane Zeta knocked out power to all of its 20,000 meters when it rolled in Thursday afternoon. Our crews will provide mutual aid for the next 7-10 days. We thank our BEC families for being so understanding. This will be BEC's fifth trip in eight weeks to the Gulf Coast to help repair the damage left behind by hurricanes.

Congratulations to the Boone Electric Community Trust for their 2020 COMO Magazine Impact Award! Our Trustees do great work in our communities. #MakingADifference #IPowerBEC

** This work has been postponed. Boone Electric has opted to send six linemen and four trucks to help with Hurricane Zeta's destruction in Alabama. Clarke-Washington Electric Member Cooperative had 100% outages on their system yesterday. Please keep the people there in your thoughts and prayers. #HelpingThoseInNeed ** Boone Electric crews will be in the Perche Ridge subdivision area on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, to install new overhead poles and wires. The work is expecte...d to begin at 9 a.m. and last approximately 6 hours. Affected members will experience small blinks and a moderate outage during this necessary equipment change. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause as we continue to ensure our members receive reliable electricity. Inclement weather may delay or postpone this work. If you have any questions please contact Maintenance & Construction Field Supervisor Anthony Atkins at 573- 441-7262. This work was previously scheduled but postponed due to rain. Keep your fingers crossed that the weather cooperates with us!

Energy Tip! Close off your masonry fireplace and resolve not to use it anymore. Every time you use it, it sends your home’s heated air up the chimney.

Today we honor and thank all of the first responders on the front lines who go to work each day to keep us safe! We also want to recognize Boone Electric employees who have volunteered in first responder roles currently and in the past: Jamie Conrow, Josh Craig, Travis Lynn and Chris Uthlaut.

Did you know Boone Electric Cooperative was built locally in 1936? We’re led by local members of our community not outside investors. That’s the beauty of being homegrown! #PowerOn #CoopMonth

Be prepared for storms and know how to stay safe. If the power goes out, switch off lights, large electronics, and appliances to prevent overloading circuits and damaging appliances when power is restored. Leave one lamp or switch on as a signal for when your power returns. Read more safety tips at https://SafeElectricity.org//be-prepared-for-severe-storms/. via Safe Electricity

In the time it takes to read this, 45,000+ phishing emails were sent to inboxes around the world. It's easy to learn how to avoid being hooked. If you see any suspicious emails from us, please let us know! #BeCyberSmart during Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Learn more at https://StaySafeOnline.org/.

Crockpots use less electricity than an electric oven does. Share a link to your favorite crockpot recipe for other members to try!

Hoping the Burr Oak Tree pulls through! Honored to have been a part in keeping this landmark alive.

Did you know that LED bulbs are made with epoxy instead of glass, making them cooler to the touch and much stronger than incandescent bulbs?